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Classical Japanese LanguageThe Classical Japanese language was the Japanese language as spoken and written during the Heian era of Japan, circa 900-1200 CE. It is the direct successor to the Old Japanese language and is characterized by an enormous influx of Chinese vocabulary and widespread changes in the phonology. Phonological changes include: Classical Japanese was written in three different ways. It was first recorded in Chinese characters used as a phonetic transcription as in Old Japanese. This usage later produced the hiragana and katakana syllabic scripts which were derived from simplifications of the original Chinese characters.
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